Register, &amp;c



c. H. VEEDER. REGISTER, &c.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I6. 1921.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

5 INI/Enron d f f er /K I I oRNEI/s? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.A

CURTIS HUSSEY VEEDER, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE VEEDER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

REGISTER, &C.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921'.

Application led February 16. 1921.V Serial No. 445,334.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CURTIS HUssEY VEE- DER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Hartford, in the State of Con necticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registers, &c., of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof.

his invention relates particularly to the means for supporting registers of the type of that shown and other mechanisms and for effectingV the connection therewith of the flexible shaft by which the register or other mechanism is actuated. The purposes of the invention are to avoid strain on the casing of the register or other mechanism either by the base plate or by closes the usual worm mechanism, to permit the mechanism to be adjusted readily to suit the convenience of the observer, to permit the angle of the gear casing to be adjusted readily to suit the requirements of the flexible drive shaft, and to permit both the driven mechanism and the driving mechanism to be removed without disturbing the base plate. The invention has been developed with particular reference to the application to registers and counters and will be more fully explained hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing in which it is illustrated and in which- Figure l is a view in elevation of a register with the present improvements applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a view of the same as seen from the right hand in Fig. 1, with the end casing broken out and the driving gear partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a view in section on the plane indicated by the broken line 3-8 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

the casing which ingear or other driving the angle of sight of Fig. 4 is a view in section on the plane indicated by the broken line 4 4 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the register, with the casing broken out and someparts of the register and the driving gear in section.

F ig. 6 is an end view of the register as seen from the left hand in Fig. 1.

The register a is of ordinary construction, having a cylindrical casing b within which er@ Supported number wheels v driving mechanism (Z anda drivelshaft e. The reg ister is supported, as hereinafter described, upon a base plate f.'

lThe left hand end plate a of the casing has its cylindrical hub a2 seated in a circular bearing formed by a pedestal f, secured to the base plate, and a cap f2, detachably secured to the pedestal by screws f3. The right hand end plate a3 of the casing has its cylindrical hub a4 ing which, in this instance, is formed by the split, cylindrical hub g', g2, of the casing g which incloses the worm gearing by which the shaft e is driven. The split cylindrical hub g, g2 is in turn seated in aI circular bearing formed by a pedestal f4, secured to the base plate f, and a cap f5 which is detachably secured by screws f6 to the pedestal. The hubs of the casing have friction bearing in their seats and the casing is held from turning when the screws' f3, f6 are tightened, but when the screws are loosened the casing can be rotated, with respect to the base plate and with respect to the gear casing so as to permit the angle of sight of the registerto be adjusted to suit the convenience of the observer.

he gear casing g has a suitable bearing for a worm shaft 7L which engages a worm wheel e on the shaft e, the casing being suitably chambered to receive the worm shaft and the worm wheel. The gear casing is formed in two parts, the hub g', g2 being divided in a diametrical plane and grooved, as at g3, to be held between the pedestal f4 and cap f5 and embracing the hub at of the casing end plate a3. When the screws f6 are loosened the gear casing can be rotated to permit the angle ofthe gear casing to be adjusted to suit the requirements of the flexible shaft and by tightening the screws the gear casing will be secured in adjusted position.

The gear casing g is formed with a split, sleeve-like extension g4, which is provided with tangent screws g5 and adapted to receive and have clamped therein the flexible steel tubing c' of the flexible shaft z". The worm shaft L is preferably formed with a polygonal socket h to receive the similarly formed end of the flexible shaft z" so that all that is necessary to effect a coupling of the flexible shaft with the register is to insert the end of the flexible haft in the sockets@ wenn seated in a circular bearshaft and to clamp the flexible shaft casing or tubing z' in thesplit sleeve-like extension g* of thegear basing g.

It will be each other and from the base plate Without disturbing the latter.

I claim as m invention:

driven having a casing with end plates havi110' evlindrcal hubs, a gear casing having a sp it ycylindrical hub to receive the hub of one of the easing end plates and a base plate observed" that the gear casing and register can be separated readily `from having a `pedestal with a detachable cap to forma circular bearing for the cylindrical hub of the gear casing.

2. The combination of a mechanism Ato be driven, a base plate therefor liaviiig a pedes`V` tal Withdetachable cap to form a circular `bearing and a gear casing having" a split cylindrical hub seatedin said circular bear `1. The combination of a mechanism te be in gllhis specification signed this 9th clay o February, '.A. D. 1921. 1' Y CURTIS. HUSVSEY -VEEDER 

